Monday, May 28, 2007

We Are Fine!

All is calm around us. At midnight there was a lot of pot banging and sirens along with fire works to protest the, "non renewal" of RCTV's license. I will not refer to it as a closure, as I could be sued for saying that. In the words of my son, the government is saying, " I am not making the media be quiet and if anyone says I am, I will make them SHUT UP!" Yesterday there were threats to close down Globovision and CNN en espanol for 72 hours for covering a news conference of reporters. (SIP)

Thanks for your prayers. Not sure what today will hold for the country...just have to wait and see.

There isn't a word about Venezuela in either of my local Detroit paper. This will remain unreported unless nude photos of Chavez show up on the Internet. Or unless he gets into a tiff with Rosie O'Donnell.

Jungle mom,I once heard someone say that blogging would become the only way we could get accurate news...maybe sites like yours will be the source people in your country rely on now...is there anyway for them to shut you down?...hope not!

They wouldn't dare interfere with a process they approve of. In their eyes, the government knows best. I'm more surprised Carter isn't on the air somewhere right now cheering his fascist little buddy on.

My husband said he had seen something about it on the AOL news headlines but it was portrayed as "not a nbig deal -- just a demonstration." I don't think he has seen mention of it on the TV news but we haven't had it on much the last few days. I will keep an ear open.

...if democracy has a soul, that soul is a free and independent press. Venezuela, last night, officially closed down its' soul. And one can only wonder if without its' soul, Venezuela can still legitimately be called a democracy. I think not.

These are scary pictures!! I am praying for you and your family!! I don't think the mainstream medis really is covering much of this, at least I'm not seeing anything about it. I hope everything settles down soon around there...

The only place I saw mention of it was on Univisión. Though I've spent the day traveling from CT to DC, I haven't seen it in any of the papers or major news outlets. I would be surprised if it gets a 3-line write-up in tomorrow's metro guide. Will let you know tomorrow.